usm_coh_ohmageer2ohmageer2cohusmyesOral history with Ms. Ruby MageeMagee, Ruby, 1940-United States. Dept. of JusticeAfrican American women--Mississippi--TylertownAfrican American women civil rights workers--Mississippi--TylertownAfrican Americans--Mississippi--TylertownWomen civil rights workers--MississippiCollege graduates--MississippiCollege students--Mississippi--JacksonCollege students--Mississippi--Hinds CountyCivil rights--MississippiCivil rights workers--MississippiEconomic assistance, Domestic--United StatesGovernmental investigations--MississippiMunicipal government--MississippiVoting--MississippiVoter registration--MississippiElection law--MississippiLiteracy tests (Election law)--MississippiAfrican Americans--Civil rightsMississippi--Race relationsRace relationsState governments--United StatesMississippi--Politics and government--20th centuryRace discrimination--MississippiDiscrimination--MississippiJusticeMagee, Ruby, 1940-Oral history. Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from Jackson State College (now Jackson State University). While at Jackson State she first became involved in civil rights activity and for a year after graduation served as a research assistant for the United States Department of Justice in its investigation of the Mississippi educational system as it related to voter qualification. After spending a few years studying at Harvard University, Magee returned to Tylertown. She became project director of the Neighbor Center Program, an anti-poverty agency in Columbia, Mississippi. In 1972, she was selected as a National Urban Fellow to serve in a program designed to develop leaders in urban government.Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.Hattiesburg, Miss.: University of Southern Mississippi LibrariesMorgan, Chester M.Center for Oral History and Cultural HeritageUniversity of Southern Mississippi. Libraries2002-03-06TranscriptsOral historieshttp://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,4848(Extent) Digital reproduction of 107-page document.image/jpegMississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 17 part II, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi.Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.Forms part of the Mississippi Oral History Program Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library.1985-06-111985-09-261985-10-101985-11-21MississippiTylertown (Miss.)Walthall County (Miss.)Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.